Seeing Red A True Crime Podcast

This week on Seeing Red, we're doing something a little different.

Bethan is joined by Sasha Wilson, writer and artistic director of Out Of The Forest Theatre, for a fascinating deep dive into one of history's most infamous murder cases: Lizzie Borden.

A long-time listener of Seeing Red, Sasha has spent years researching the brutal 1892 axe murders, the sensational trial that followed and the extraordinary mythology that's gr...

Part two of our investigation into the murder of Anni Dewani picks up as the case takes an extraordinary turn.

As investigators begin to unravel what really happened on that November night in Cape Town, allegations emerge that transform what first appeared to be a random carjacking into one of the most controversial murder cases of modern times. Witnesses change their stories, plea deals are struck, and an international legal ba...

This week on Seeing Red, we begin our special two-part investigation into one of the most controversial and widely debated murder cases of modern times: the killing of Anni Dewani.

In Part One, we trace the story from the very beginning. We explore Anni's life, her whirlwind romance with Shrien Dewani, their lavish wedding celebrations, and the honeymoon that was supposed to mark the start of a new chapter. Instead, it ended in ...

In September 2012, 29-year-old Irish woman Jill Meagher was living and working in Melbourne, Australia. After spending an evening with colleagues in the suburb of Brunswick, she began the short walk home.

She never made it.

Jill’s disappearance sparked a huge search and captured the attention of people across Australia and Ireland. But as investigators pieced together her final movements, CCTV footage would lead them to...

Content Warning: This episode discusses animal cruelty and contains some non-graphic but distressing descriptions of animal abuse.

We understand that this topic will be too upsetting for some listeners, and we completely respect that choice. However, as our guest Mark Randell from the Naturewatch Foundation explains, there is an important reason not to ignore cases like this. Animal cruelty thrives in silence. By confronting the...

A teenager disappears. A family searches for answers. A nation in lockdown watches and waits. In May 2020, 16-year-old Louise Smith vanished from her home in Hampshire, sparking a major missing person investigation. But as detectives began piecing together her final movements, a chilling picture emerged. This week on Seeing Red, we tell the story of Louise Smith, the investigation into her murder, and the devastating betrayal at th...

This week on Seeing Red, Bethan tells us about the shocking murder of Bei Carter, a popular guesthouse owner whose life was cut tragically short in the seaside town of Bridlington.

When Bei was found fatally stabbed inside her family-run guesthouse, the crime sent shockwaves through the local community and triggered a major manhunt. What followed was a case filled with disturbing twists, unanswered questions, and a search for ju...

In August 2000, the quiet Cornish village of Carnkie became the scene of one of Britain's most devastating family murder cases. Over the course of just 24 hours, Lee Ford murdered his wife, Lesley, and her four children before attempting to hide what he had done and convince neighbours they had simply disappeared. As the truth slowly emerged, investigators uncovered a story of control, abuse, deception and unimaginable violence.

Thi...

We're taking a short mid-season break this week, but rather than leave the feed silent, we thought we'd share an episode from Mark's other podcast, Dead Famous.

This episode forms part of a recent trilogy examining famous figures whose lives ended in scandal, criminality and public disgrace. It's a very different show to Seeing Red, but we suspect many of you will find the story every bit as compelling.

If you'd like to hear the rest...

This week on Seeing Red, we travel back to Texas in the 1980s to examine a case that began with the brutal murder of Christine Morton — and led to one of the most shocking miscarriages of justice in modern American criminal history.

Her husband, Michael Morton, quickly became the focus of the investigation and was convicted of her murder. But years later, serious questions began to emerge about what had really happened, and wh...

In July 2005, 18-year-old Anthony Walker was attacked in a Liverpool park in a crime that shocked the UK and became one of Britain’s most devastating modern hate crime cases.

Anthony was intelligent, ambitious, and preparing for university when a night out with friends turned into something unthinkably violent. As the investigation unfolded, detectives uncovered a brutal attack driven by racism — and a case that would sp...

This week on Seeing Red, Bethan takes the reins solo to untangle the disturbing and deeply tragic case of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon.

In early 2023, the aristocrat-turned-fugitive and her convicted rapist partner vanished with their newborn daughter, Baby Victoria, triggering a nationwide manhunt that gripped the UK. As the couple travelled across the country attempting to evade police and social services, questions mounted: w...

In 1994, Gordon Wardell went on TV claiming a gang of men in clown masks had attacked him, tied him up, robbed a building society… and murdered his wife, Carol.

Which is… a lot.

Carol Wardell was a devoted sister and daughter, quietly getting on with her life — not the kind of person you’d expect to end up at the centre of something this violent.

So how does someone like that end up strangled and left at the ...

Painkillers. Cold medicine. Morphine, if you're Mark! Something to take the edge off a headache.

In 1982, people across Chicago did exactly that — and some of them never got back up.

This week on Seeing Red, we’re talking about the case that changed everything: the Chicago Tylenol murders. Cyanide-laced capsules. Random victims. A killer who never had to meet the people they murdered — just quietly tamper with bottl...

In April 1991, 21-year-old Jo Ramsden disappeared from the Dorset town of Bridport, a place she knew well and where her routine rarely changed. When she didn’t return home, concern quickly turned into a desperate search.

Witnesses reported seeing Jo with a man in a distinctive zig-zag patterned jumper — a sighting that would become central to the case.

Despite strong suspicions around a known offender, no one has ever bee...

Mark’s new podcast, Dead Famous, has just hit 100,000 downloads — so to celebrate, we’re dropping a recent episode straight into your Seeing Red feed.

This time, it’s the life and sudden death of Steve Irwin — a man known for getting dangerously close to the world’s deadliest animals… until one moment went fatally wrong.

If this episode hooks you, Dead Famous is waiting wherever you get your...

This week on Seeing Red, we meet a woman who looked like she’d stepped straight out of a 1950s love story — but left a trail of bodies behind her.

Nanny Doss was charming, chatty… and deadly. With a fixation on love and happily-ever-afters, she approached marriage the same way Bethan approaches an all you can eat buffet — aggressively and without hesitation — each one ending in a strangely convenient d...

Michael Griffiths dealt in antiques — rare, highly sought-after pieces. But in 2013, he became the target of something far less refined: a gang of burglars chasing a quick payday. What followed wasn’t just a robbery gone wrong — it was brutal, calculated, and left behind a trail of evidence as chaotic as the crime itself.

This week, we dig into how greed turned deadly… and why some people will kill for fast ...